The Contemporary World explores the practical, engaging, and relevant ways in which global structures and processes operate in our lives. It introduces and primarily discusses globalization to students in an accessible, appealing, and significant manner. As discussions on globalization have roots in different disciplines in the social sciences and in other fields of study, this exciting interdisciplinary orientation is reflected in the selection of various topics in this book. Further, meaningful definitions and theories are examined and enriched through process questions and activities. The transformation of the economic, political, social, and cultural aspects of people’s lives is also presented in this book. It is hoped that through this book, students will achieve and hone different competencies, skills, and values. Moreover, teachers and students teaching and taking social science courses, respectively, will be able to appreciate the importance of globalization in today’s society. The Contemporary World
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
PRINCE KENNEX REGUYAL ALDAMA
He is an instructor at the Department of Social Sciences of the University of the Philippines-Los Baños (UPLB). He teaches sociology courses, mainly sociology of religion and political sociology. His teaching career began in 2013 at the College of Arts and Sciences of the Wesleyan University-Philippines in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija. He taught courses in the social sciences such as sociology, anthropology, Philippine history, and the life and works of Jose Rizal. Mr. Aldama is an alumnus of UPLB. In 2013, he graduated cum laude with a degree in Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. He is pursuing his master’s degree in sociology at UPLB.
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